This document summarizes the history and origins of wine production from ancient civilizations to modern times. It describes how wine was first discovered by a Persian princess around 2900 BC and how ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans played a pivotal role in establishing vineyards and advancing winemaking techniques. It also notes that France is now a dominant force in the global wine industry.

1. An Ancient Treasure
...
revealed

2. Wine

4. Budding . . . growth

5. Fable:
Wine discovered quot;accidentallyquot; by a Persian princess (circa 2900 BC)

6. Ancient civilisation

7. Vineyards
Greeks:
Earliest civilization reported to start ‘making wines’

8. Greeks:
From Archaeologists, Philosophers(1) , Poets (2), Legends/Myths (3) , Festivals (4) to Divinities (5)
(1) Philosophers who mention wines: Plato, Socrates, Arisotles etc
(2) Poets who mention wines: Homer in ‘Iliad ‘& ‘Odyssey’ - wine refer as a daily drink)
Odyssey’ drink)
(3) Legends/myths who mention wines: Hippocrates - medicinal etc
(4) Festival ‘Anthesteria‘ celebrated in February dedicated to wines – with processions &
Anthesteria‘
wine-drinking contests
wine-
(5) Dionysus: God of Wine

9. 500BC:
Greece monopolized wine commerce in ancient world
(Aegean Sea, Black Sea & Danube - believed today to be some of the busy trading routes of ancient Greek wines)

10. Amphorae:
Storage of wines in a form of airtight, ceramic vessels, called amphorae
(exported all over Europe; remains of these found even in the southern coast of France)
southern

11. Roman Empire

12. Romans:
Romans played a major role in laying the foundation of viticulture
(classification of grape varieties, identification of different phases involved in wine making process,
methods of charting ripening characteristics of grapes, studying diseases affecting,. the quality of the harvest
& yield were improved)

13. Romans - 1st to start bottling wines into bottled glass

14. ~1st century AD: Italy began exporting wines all over Europe
(to Spain, Germany, France and England etc)

15. Before long: most countries also started producing their own wines

16. Today:
France, one of the most developed & comprehensive establishment
-a dominant force in the wine industry in present time
-(France invented Oak barrel for aging of wine, amongst others)

17. http://www.WineCaviar.com

18. SEMELI
Myth: Semeli - Mother of Dionysus (God of Wine)

20. Canava Roussos, one of the oldest winery on Santorini, was founded on 1836

21. Casale del Giglio